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Ring Symposium #2 – The Love of Power – The Power of Love

June 25, 2011 - 5:00 am

Enhance your Ring experience and learn more about Wagner’s masterpiece. Each symposium will explore different facets of Wagner’s Ring with unique talks given by noted scholars, many of whom have lectured at the Bayreuth Festspiele. Among the topics will be the myths, legends, music, drama and literary aspects of this extraordinary work.

Check-in begins at 9:30am.
Gourmet Box Lunch is included, pre-registration is required.
Admission is $65 per person, Wagner Society of Northern California Members’ Admission is $55.

On-line registration available December 2010.
Each symposium is open to 200 participants.
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Details

Date:
June 25, 2011
Time:
5:00 am

Organizer

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY JUNE 22ND – DON'T MISS OUT<br /> Hans Rudolph Vaget, Professor Emeritus of German Studies Smith College, Northampton, MA "The Ring" in Bayreuth and Beyond<br /> Jeffrey Buller, Dean, Wilkes Honors College Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida "The Eyes Have it: Glances, Glimpses and Glimmers in Wagner's Ring"<br /> John Lindow, Professor of Scandinavian Studies University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA "Nordic Myths of Ragnarøk and Wagner's Götterdämmerung"<br /> Kip Cranna, Director of Musical Administration San Francisco Opera Cranna will lead a Round Table of artists and musicians from the San Francisco Ring Production

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